Anyone want to pile on? I DVRd it and just about lost it. That ref was right in front of the play...total hand ball and we were all robbed of a ManU / Chelsea rematch. Oh well - always next year.
I had very conflicted feelings about this tie as Chelsea is my favorite EPL team and Barca is my favorite La Liga team. Chelsea definitely has a beef with some of the calls, but this ref made some doozies the other way too, esp. sending off Abidal for what was only MAYBE a plain-jane foul/restart.
Thing is both teams had many chances to finish in both games (Drogba's 2 breakaways in game 1 come to mind), and all they got were the brilliant finishes from Essien and Iniesta, respectively.
Bad as I feel for the Blues, I'm optimistic they can at least grab one piece of the hardware in the FA Cup final vs. Everton, and of course, I hope Barca does Man U. the way the did Real a few weekends ago (though I doubt it will be like that either way).
Liverpool next year for EPL and Champions League. Settled side, get a decent proven striker to give Torres a rest now and again. Come on Barcelona in the Final v Scum Manure on Wed.
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